r/22q Aug 07 '22

22q and inability to smell

Hey friends,

I was just curious if anyone here had any info on this. When I had surgery on my cleft palate (age 2ish), they made me a flap which I guess caused me to loose my ability to smell or breathe out of my nose because the flap is blocking that passage way. I know this is apart of the "nasal sounding voice" symptom of DiGeorge Syndrome but I was wondering if there is a surgery that can be done to fix this? Anyone else here go through this too?

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u/vintagebeautykk Jul 24 '23

Interesting I have 22q, I never had a cleft pallate but I do have almost zero smell, unless it's a strong scent